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- PLAY WITH RUTATING GIG.

No. 359,317. Patented-Mar. 15, 1887.

FFICE@ PATENT GEORG FISCHER, OF NUREMBERG, BAVARIA, GERMANY.

PLAY WITH ROTATING GIG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,317, dated March15, 1887.

Application filed September 9, 1886. Serial No. 213,104.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORG FISCHER, manufacturer, a subject of the Kingof Bavaria, and aresident of Nuremberg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria,German Empire, have invented some new and useful Improvements in Playswith Rotating Gigs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gigs, and the purpose of it isto move gures by the rotating of a gig.

The object of my invention consists in an elastic friction-wheel xed inasuitable frame,

With a gig rotating on a step-bearing. The rotating gig is held by thisstep-bearing in a correct distancefrom the elastic friction-wheel, sothat the latter revolves by the rotating gig. The friction-wheel isfastened onto its axle, and the latter is in connection with figures,which are automatically moved or turned by the rotation of the axle.

Figure I of Sheet I shows a side view of the toy with two boxers, whichshall be moved. The gig is taken away in this ligure. Fig. II shows avertical section through A B of Fig. I, the gig being in its place. Fig.III shows a horizontal section through C D of Fig. I, the gig beingtaken away. Figs. IV andW of Sheet II show a modification of this toy inwhich the figure (a bear) is not moved to and fro as in Sheet I, butonly turned round its axle. Both figures showvertical sections. In Fig.V the gure is taken away from the toy.

First, the arrangement, Sheet I, shall be described.

In Fig. I a box-shaped casing, c, is placed on a foot-plate, a, by thesupports b b, and is provided with two partition-walls, f and g. Arotating axle, r, provided with a crank, h, is set up on the foot-platea and placed in the casing c. On axle?1 `sits fast a friction-wheel, f',which is provided with elastic wings f. Besides the axle r with theannexed mechanisms, the foot-plate a bears a step-bearing, a', destinedfor holding the rotating gig g in correct distance from the elasticfriction-wheel f f. The crank h of the axle r is in connection with twofigures (boxers X X) by means of the rods cl d, and the levers o o',which oscillate if 5o the crank h is turned. e z are the fulcrums (Nomodel.)

of these levers o o', which'bear the boxer-iigures, constructed asmanikins. Itis easy to see that by the rotation of the axle r thesemanikins are moved promiscuously. The rotation of this axle is gained bythe gig and by the following-described arrangement of it: The wingedwheel f f is adjustable on the axle r, and therefore Wings f can bebrought in close or more distant contact with the mantle surface of thegig by raising or lowering wheel ff on axle r. By this means velocity ofrotation that has to be transmitted can be regulated in the simplest wayaccording to liking. The wings of wheel f can be of different materialsand constructions. If, now, the gig g has been made rotating in thewell-known manner, by using a piece of cord it is set upon thestep-bearing a', and now it transmits its rotary motion to the elasticwings f, that lie against the surface of the gig. By this, as is easy tounderstand,the boxers X Xare moved. The gig g is held in correctposition by the step-bearing a.

The best and most advantageous way of transmitting the motion is toprovide wheel f with wingsf, made of birds feathers, Figs. I to IV, forthey lay themselves closest to the surface of the gig and have aconsiderable amount of elasticity and adhesion. Instead of theseradially-inserted birds feathers, wings made either of elastic thinchips, (of wood,) strips of paper, leather, or indiarubber, 85o., can beused, as is exemplied in Fig. V. This elastic friction-wheel canlikewise be used Without wings, and in such a case it is made in theshape of a bell, or ring, or cylinder, or ball, &c. and the frictionalsurface, (the surface coming in contact with that of the gig,) consiststhen of as thin and elastic a material as possible.

The gig g may be of any construction orshape whatever, or it may be oneof the well-known musical (humming) gigs.

Figs. IV and V show a modification of this toy. The only differenceconsists in the move- 9 ment of the figure. In this modification, Figs.IV and V, the gure (a bear) is not moved to and fr0, but it isV onlyturned round itself. Naturally the axle r is not provided with a crankon its end, but only with a central top,

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2. The friction-Wheel f', with the elastic Wings f, in combination Withthe rotating 15 gig held by the step-bearing a, andthe figures moved bythe axle of the friction-Wheel7 for the purpose as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

GG. FISCHER.

Witnesses:

WM. EssENWnrN, SIGMUND DNKELSBIILER.

